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- Patented lune 30, 1868.

WM W74 WASH N @gleiten tetrs @anni @fitta ELIPHALET H. ADAMS, OF DETROIT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDOHARLES F. GARDNER, OF IIPESTOWN, MICHIGAN.

Leiters Patent No. 79,429, ma .me 30,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIFTH-WHEEL FOR CARRIAGES.`

TO WHOM IT MAYl CONCERN;

De it knownithat LELIPHALET I-I. ADAMS, of Detroit, in the county o f Wayne, and State of Michig.n have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fifth-Wheel or Circle forLand Carriages; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being lapart of this specification.

Figure 1 showsmy invention in. perspective. A f

Figure 2 shows a vertical sectional view ofthe salue, on the line X X in fig. 1.

The same letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The object of this invention is t'o construct'a circle, or what is usually denominated the fifth-wheel. for land carriages, that is equally applicable to railroad-cars as to wagons generally, that will work with less friction than those ordinarily used, that will require no oiling, and that will never wear out, as the filling to the capimay be renewed as often as necessary. f

In 'order to accomplish this end, I make, of cast iron, or other suitable material, a circular-channelled disk, A, provided with proper ears or lugs, B,thro ugh which to pass the necessary bolts, -to secure it tothe proper part of the carriage` I also construct a ring, C, with one side of its rim in the shapeoi` theletter V, and` provided with any suitable lauge, for the purpose of attaehingjt to the carriage.

To prepare my apparatus for use, after making theabove-mentioned parts, I till the channels in the diskA with Babbit metal, D, or other suitable material. Then, befre the illing cools, I insert the ring C, and set the point ofthe V-shaped rim into the metal or filling, which I allow to cool, with the parts altogether, as shown in fig. I. Then Vthe apparatus is ready to be attached to its proper place on the carriage.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The construction of a circle or ftl1-wheel for laudcarriages, as above described, with the ring C working in- Bab bit metal, or other suitable material, conned in the circular-channelled disk A, when arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth..

` r ELIPHALET H. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

II. S. Srnneur., H; F.EBERTS. 

